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/:: Artist :: Tsjuder ::\
:: Album :: Kill for Satan ::
:: Year :: 2022 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Mindscrape Music R.date :: 12.07.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: MIND 061-CD Size :: 70,6 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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:: 01. The Daemon Gate 03:37 ::
:: 02. Necromancy 02:55 ::
:: 03. Lord of Terror 04:39 ::
:: 04. Raping Christianity 02:32 ::
:: 05. Dying Spirits 04:21 ::
:: 06. Unleashed 02:19 ::
:: 07. Kill for Satan 04:55 ::
:: 08. Sodomizing the Lamb 02:39 ::
:: 09. Beyond the Grave 03:55 ::
:: 10. Daemon's Journey 04:59 ::
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:: Many elitists love to lament the death of the black metal ::
:: scene after Dead took his own life and Euronymous was ::
:: subsequently stabbed to death by Varg. They absolutely love ::
:: the sound of their own voice where they proclaim black ::
:: metal, the whole of black metal as a genre and identity, ::
:: died on the hill with those two, but I don't side with ::
:: those people. They don't like to look beyond what they ::
:: perceive to be true to realize that Mayhem wasn't the only ::
:: band that was putting out music worth contributing to the ::
:: young burgeoning black metal scene at the time. Bands like ::
:: Tsjuder were one of those bands. Formed in 1993 under a ::
:: different name before settling on Tsjuder at some point ::
:: before or in 1995, they released music throughout the mid ::
:: to late 1990's before releasing their debut Kill for Satan ::
:: in 2000. ::
:: ::
:: 2000 is definitely a little bit far removed from the hustle ::
:: and bustle of the Norwegian black metal scene's early days ::
:: and the sound was ever evolving out of the primitive and ::
:: simplistic days of Mayhem. Black metal was exploring new ::
:: soundscapes of innovation and creativity with bands like ::
:: Ulver, Emperor, Burzum, Ved Buens Ende (even though they ::
:: only released one album), Manes, and so many others. Even ::
:: bands from other countries were starting to moving forward ::
:: with their own spins on the black metal sound, expanding on ::
:: the second wave and kicking and screaming into what would ::
:: eventually become the third wave of black metal. However, ::
:: Tsjuder are one of those bands who stuck to their guns of ::
:: playing the old established second wave style, stubbornly ::
:: clinging to it like a Satanic Warmaster, Marduk, 1349, or a ::
:: Carpathian Forest. Filled with plenty of blast beats, ::
:: tremolo picking, dissonant riffing, sickening shrieks of ::
:: proclamation of Satan's almighty reign over the world - ::
:: it's all here and it's happy to stay nestled in the far ::
:: flung days of the 90's. ::
:: ::
:: I have to admit I'm a sucker for this kind of black metal. ::
:: While it's not very original, what I love about Kill for ::
:: Satan is just how passionate it is. It's evil, primitive as ::
:: fuck, hateful and makes no bones about what it's trying to ::
:: be. It's not trying to pull any fancy tricks with fancy ::
:: post-BM experimental electronics or anything like that. ::
:: It's pure AAA grade Norwegian black metal. The album starts ::
:: off with a Hellraiser sample, which is perfect for this as ::
:: it breaks into "The Daemon Gate." This song gives you a ::
:: brutally accurate representation of what you're in for. The ::
:: riffs are razor sharp, churning at a breakneck pace with ::
:: little a break while the bass, while nothing ultimately ::
:: special or standout, gives the necessary bubbling rumbling ::
:: low-end to give the riffs that extra bit of burning sting. ::
:: You won't find much variation in the drums, unfortunately, ::
:: but I'm not too bothered by this because as I said earlier, ::
:: this kind of black metal is more of what I'm into. The ::
:: drums, though, were handled by a guy named AntiChristian, ::
:: but they sound like they were handled by a drum machine. ::
:: They don't sound natural. The snare sound especially bad ::
:: with its plastic thumping, that bothers me because it's all ::
:: I can focus on then the bass drums aren't rattling like ::
:: machine gun turrets. It all sounds so fake. Perhaps it's a ::
:: consequence of the production, which causes the album to ::
:: sound hollow and thin throughout. ::
:: ::
:: There's admittedly not much variation in the songwriting, ::
:: either. There are some breaks in the songs with slow parts ::
:: like in the song "Lord of Terror," but it's so poorly ::
:: executed. It makes the song feel incredibly jarring and ::
:: hacked to bits because it ruins the pacing, making songs ::
:: feel longer than they really are. Thankfully it's not ::
:: constant, but it happens enough to where it makes you want ::
:: to check to see if the CD didn't skip to the next track all ::
:: of a sudden, or you just wonder if the next song started ::
:: when it actuality, it hasn't at all. You're still on the ::
:: same song. There are some atmospheric breaks on the album, ::
:: which is admittedly a relief. There's a whole song with ::
:: that dark atmospheric tone called "Eternal" and it's one of ::
:: the betters compositions here. It does break up the ::
:: relentless blasting and distracts me from the awful noise ::
:: of the drums. ::
:: ::
:: Overall, I'd say give this album a shot. If you like your ::
:: black metal raw, cold, evil, and dripping with an ::
:: aggressive bent from Norway, check Kill for Satan out. ::
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